Orchestra made up of students of the Liszt Academy and Codarts University of the Arts

Conductor: Arie van Beek

The Masters of the Orchestra series showcasing the student orchestra of the Liszt Academy is a Dutch-Hungarian collaboration. This concert concludes the joint project of a contemporary music grouping, Doelen Ensemble from Rotterdam, and two institutions of higher education: Codarts University of the Arts, Netherlands, and the Liszt Academy. The programme was rehearsed in Rotterdam under the guidance of conductor Arie van Beek before being performed there ahead of the Budapest concert. Dutch Louis Andriessen’s 1981 work De Tijd (Time) was written on reflections of theologian and philosopher St. Augustine for women’s choir and orchestra. Máté Bella wrote his composition Tabula Smaragdina on the commission of the Rotterdam De Doelen concert venue. The young Hungarian artist and teacher at the Liszt Academy has interests in classical music composition as well as theatre and pop music. Lilla Horti is soloist; this promising soprano won second prize at the II International Éva Marton Singing Competition in 2016.